As I type this, it’s almost three in the morning and I have stayed up later than I should to watch the last disc of the Freaks & Geeks complete series DVD box set. I’m about to watch the last episode and I feel kind of silly, but I’m actually really sad that after this one, it’s going to be all over.

Watching the 18 episode complete series, I’ve grown to love these characters. I was shouting at Sam to go for it when he had the chance to kiss Cindy. I winced when Lindsay crashed her parents’ car. And even though I knew damn well they weren’t going to kill him off, I couldn’t help it: I nearly wept when Bill went to the hospital (and I wanted so badly to beat the shit out of Alan for putting that peanut in his sandwich). I am so engrossed in the world of the show that I almost can’t believe that this was a television series. It feels like a really long movie or a visual novel or something.  And while we’re here, let me just say that watching Busy Phillips as Kim Kelly feels like watching a real person.  I would almost venture to call it the best acting job I have ever seen.

It’s no surprise to me that Freaks and Geeks was cancelled before the first season finished airing. It’s too good for TV. And on top of that, I can’t believe that it ever made it past the television censors with its realistic portrayal of family life and teenage angst. Between the language, nearly explicit depiction of drug use, allusions to underage drinking, and frank portrayal of high school sex and relationships, this is not what anyone would expect to find when flipping through the channels of broadcast television.

It would have been nice for Freaks and Geeks to continue, just for the nod to the cast and creators for a job well done. But then it probably would have been less special. As it is, Freaks and Geeks is a work of Art. It’s flawless. And it’s no wonder that almost everyone involved in the making of it went on to become a huge star.

I have dreamed of working on a Judd Apatow production for years. I already thought he was one of the most brilliant and tuned-in creators working in any medium. But now I see that he’s a true Artist.

I am going to miss the Weirs and all of their friends.

If you are not yet familiar with General Larry Platt and his blockbuster hit Pants on the Ground, you either do not live on the internet or you have been living in a cave for the last week or so. Here is the ultimate guide to the Pants on the Ground phenomenon.

General Larry Platt was the final entrant auditioning for American Idol last week in Atlanta, performing an original number called Pants on the Ground. Have a look:

Over the weekend, General Larry Platt became potentially the fastest-growing Internet sensation ever as his appearance on American Idol was viewed tens of millions of times, and tribute videos sprouted up faster than one could keep track of them. These Pants on the Ground tributes and remixes run the gamut from brilliant to bad.

Even Jimmy Fallon joined the fun with a delightfully authentic Neil Young impression:

And then the General went mainstream with a performance on The View. Which is a good thing because on Idol, you only got a piece of the song. Now you get the whole thing.

And then just for a treat, I found this footage of the General from someone’s camcorder, before he even got in the audition room!

I was a little too late to do a cover of my own on video, but I hope that you enjoy my Gen. Platt tribute portrait at the top of this post!

I would love to see the data on this.  Is Pants on the Ground the fastest-growing internet phenomenon ever?  It has certainly spread more quickly and seemingly bigger than Lazy Sunday.

What do you think?

In this episode, the Dance Running phenomenon of Studio City, California:

I exited the mall through the north-east exit and walked across the parking lot. By the time I ran out of parking lot, I had a small patch of grass to cross to get to the sidewalk. I took a step onto the grass. With my second step, my feet flew out from under me and I landed on my ass. It was a mild day and the grass was wet and slick from the melting snow so I slid down a little hill like a water slide and landed in a puddle at the bottom, spilling my coffee all over myself – and my favorite t-shirt – as I went. I climbed up out of the puddle with my entire right side covered in mud, and my pants and shoes soaking wet.

I crossed the bridge, arrived to the building, and got an interesting look from the security guard who let me through. I checked in at the front desk and asked to use the restroom to clean myself up before my meeting as “I took a terrible tumble.” The receptionist, bless her, stood up with concern and made sure I was OK. I explained that it was more funny than anything else, and she gave me the key to the restroom where I scraped the mud and grass off of my coat and pants as best I could. Actually cleaning myself would prove impossible. I got the mud off and dried myself as best as I could, and then checked in for my meeting. When the TV executive I was meeting with arrived, she asked how I was doing. I told her to take a look at me to see how I was doing.

The happy news is that my favorite t-shirt, the retro-looking Spider-Man one with “Amazing” written in Japanese, survived. the coffee came out after soaking it in a sink full of hot water and dish soap.

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Speaking of snow, you’ve really got to think about snow removal soon.

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Behind the scenes of television shows there are many make-up artists. Do you think they went to beauty school?

I was on the subway yesterday and I saw one of the most disturbing things I’d ever seen. It was one of those giant billboards, advertising a t-shirt for girls to wear that announces that the wearer of the t-shirt is on Alesse. Geez, why don’t we just cut the shit: when the girls enter 10th grade, we hand them a shirt that says “I’m ready to fuck!” People who work in the media can be so irresponsible.

Work progresses on the new comic book, BENNY BUNNY ON WHEELS. It’s funny how after not putting a comic book out for two years, there are still a lot of people who are more excited about the idea of me doing another one of those than anything else I’ve got on the go with TV or music.

I am about half-way through Stephen Colbert’s I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU). It’s hilarious. I love that guy. I have a right proper belly laugh at least once during every single episode of his show.

OK, enough of this. I’ve got plenty of work to do!!

And what’s this mysterious thing I’m starting to pick at? New comic book?? What??

I am dumb because I am all about the vidcast, but then I get in these adventures where I forgot to take my camera along and end up going “oh, this would have been awesome for the vidcast!!” Dumb.

Last night I went to sleep at about six thirty in the morning. Today I got up at two thirty in the afternoon. It’s now almost four thirty, and all I feel like doing today is going to rent the second season of Weeds. I just saw the first season earlier this week and watched the whole thing, all ten episodes, in one go.

The next three months are going to be some of the busiest of my whole life but when the thing that’s happening in three months (less now, actually) it is going to be bloody spectacular.